Voting Rights

Voting RIghts

Period: Nov 30, 1850 to Nov 30, 2000

13th Amendment

Nov 30, 1865

15th Amendment

Dec 2, 1869

Southern States Pass Laws to Take Voting Rights From African-Americans

Dec 2, 1896

Supreme Court Rules Literacy Tests Constitutional

Dec 2, 1898

Supreme Court Rules Grandfather Clause Unconstitutional

Dec 2, 1915

19th Amendment

Dec 2, 1920

Supreme Court Rules That Poll Taxes Are Constitutional

Dec 2, 1937

24th Amendment

Feb 2, 1964

Freedom Summer

Dec 16, 1964

Voting RIghts Act

Dec 16, 2015